San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-01
Personal.

Mr.. Glover, too, has handsomely repaint-
ed his dwelling.
John Killough has returned home from
his job on the raiload.
Mr.. Mcclellan, late Of the San Marcos
Hotel, has removed TO Weimar.
Mr.. Watson has gone to Eastern Texas
ON visit Of business and pleasure combined.
Patterson has removed to his new Office
in the Hopkins building. IT'S very nicely
fitted up.
White Is starting ont well in the sale Of
rights to his patent rotary brushing and
scrubbing machine.
Peyton Taylor and family have returned
to this place from their sojourn at Seguin.
Mrs. Il. had poor health there.
l.. Powers has gone TO Dallas, probably
to spend the winter. Hisnephew, formerly
with Donaldson & Co., is in business there.
Rev. j. +. Denton, recently editor of the
Pleasanton paper, now transferred to San
Marcos circuit by the Methodist conference,
made US q call on Tuesday.
Horace Storey has returned to San Mar
cos, having disposed Of the contract Of
Storey & Rogers to supply the Lockhart
railroad contractors with meat.
On second thought, we may have been
rather extravagant in saying that DR.. Dam
iers new fence was good for 100 years, but
we wont take back word Of it as regards
the solid cedar posts.
We noticed q few days since in the Seguin
paper the marriage of s. P. Holmes. We
supposed he was some 'young feller," but
by our Staples Store letter we are now led
to infer that it was the "old man" himself.
Who'd have thought it? We congratulate
him on his good luck.
Mr.. Andy Wills and Miss Minnie Hook,
both prime favorites with young and old,
were united in marriage at the residence of
the BRIDES mother in this place on Tuesday
night, Rev. Mr.. Biggs officiating. We take
this to be congenial combination-a match
of natures own making. We extend our
hearty congratulations.
Assessor Fortson informs us that under
the new law requiring county assessors to
furnish statistics to tho new Texas depart
ment of agriculture, his duties will be large
ly increased so that the employment of an
assistant may be found necessary. The in
formation required has no reference to tax
alton, but is required solely for statistical
purposes.
Some 40 or 80 of our young with folks
spripkling of their elders had pleasant
party in Bryans cave on Saturday night
Quite q little forest of banana trees were
growing in the cave, and the scene when
lighted up was rarely romantic. Some 90
wards down from the entrance of the cave
is an apartment abundantly largo to accom-
modate large convention
F. P. Pitts, of Alabama, nephew OF the
late W. @. Pitts of this place, writes us for
copies of the FREE PRESS containing his
last article and the account of his death.
AS we have no spare. copies of said paper
will any of our patrons who do not file their
papers do US and our correspondent the
favor of sending in their copies to this
Office? If so we will give them some late
news in return.
Since the advent of Mrs. Mcpherson OF
Blanco, with her paper at Kyle, strange to
say Bro. McNaughton of the Kyle Times,
has been taken with leaving'and announces
his intention of removing with his paper to
San Marcos. In thus fleeing from before
the face of handsome and talented lady,
we must say we fail to recognize the accus-
toned gallantry of our friend of the Times.
However, we welcome him to share in the
''feast of fat things which, as is well
known, Gin the language of Mother Goose,
is the "chief of the diet" of newspaper me
in this favored locality.
Our venerable friend and fellow citizen,
M. B. Ownby, informs us of the advent OF
ten pound boy at his home He frankly
confessed to us that the first intimation Of
'the coming man" some time since surpris'
ed him considerably. He attributes, nc
doubt justly, the happy but unlocked for
result to the salubrious air, water, ETC., oil
San Marcos, which seems to be responsible
for SO many similar results. He seemed
also to think the reprehensible () example
of our friend Peter Smith. who resides on
the same street, may have proved contagi.
Gus in the case under notice.
Miss Rosie Mclaughlin, who is teaching
on the Blanco, recently subscribed for O
copy of the FREE Press on behalf of her
pupils, they having contributed the money,
with the purpose of reading the paper in
school 1t is pretty well known that the
best friends of the FREE PRESS are the
ladies, a fact of which we are proud. 1t has
received many compliments from them, but
the above we regard as among the very
highest. To be thus singled out as worthy
to be made the companion and guide of the
minds of innocent school children, by theil
teacher. charming young lady. is a dis
tinction of which any paper in the LAND
might well be proud.
The wedding Of DIR. Cock and Miss Emmi
Earnest OF Austin on Thanksgiving day, w
learn passed of with great eelat. We hAt
The pleasure Of attending the reception a
Squire Cocks the day following. Besides
the more immediate members Of the family
there we're IN attendance J. w. Williamson